The Budweiser-Coca Cola 6th UFO Inter-Organizational Basketball League will hold round two of its round-robin semifinals tonight at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n
With their first defeats of the season coming in round one last weekend, both defending champion and Pool A winner Visminda-Tambayan\/Nel Atalig and Pool B winner Cabalen-RP Construction\/Transamerica are in must win situations.<\/p>\n
The top two teams after the round-robin action will then advance to finals, and currently leading are LIPS-Mobil and Samahang Ilokano at Pangasinense-Flor A. Miranda after the two were successful in round one.<\/p>\n
Visminda faces LIPS-Mobil in the opener scheduled for 6pm and must win to keep themselves in the hunt. Cabalen faces SIP at 7:30pm and both Visminda and Cabalen must win to remain in the hunt.<\/p>\n
If LIPS and SIP win their games, they would secure slots in the finals. <\/p>\n
Last week, SIP fought off a double-digit halftime deficit, forced overtime, and stunned Visminda with a 117-107 victory as guard Elmer Esdrelon lit up the scoreboard for 35 points while also recording eight rebounds, three assists, four steals, and a block shot to lead the team.<\/p>\n
LIPS then followed up by recovering from a slow start and getting big offensive performances from its big three to beat Cabalen, 95-86.<\/p>\n
Kevin Cequena led LIPS with 32 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, two steals, and two blocks while Andres Estolas and Rowell Aranda pumped in 31 and 16 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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